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Pilot Officer RONALD CHARLES THORNTON

Service Number: 161494
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

50 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

26. B. 9.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Charles H. and Fanny Thornton, of Horsforth, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES ALWAYS OF A BELOVED BROTHER. PHYLLIS AND BETTY
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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